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Kauffman's was formerly a Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) congregation of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]] about two miles north of Annville in [[Lebanon County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lebanon County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. The community was settled by the Myers, Shirks, Ellenbergers, Lights, and Brightbills. In 1773 Frederick Kauffman was the Lebanon County bishop. The meetinghouse, which was built on the lands of Benjamin Bowman before 1768, was used until 1851, when the [[Evangelical United Brethren Church|United Brethren]] claimed the building. The Mennonites then, under their bishop Jacob Dohner, moved east to the site of [[Dohner Mennonite Church (Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA)|Dohner's meetinghouse]], the congregation in 1957 bearing that name being the lineal descendant of Kauffman's.
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Kauffman's was formerly a Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) congregation of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]] about two miles north of Annville in [[Lebanon County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lebanon County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. The community was settled by the Myers, Shirks, Ellenbergers, Lights, and Brightbills. In 1773 Frederick Kauffman was the Lebanon County bishop. The meetinghouse, which was built on the lands of Benjamin Bowman before 1768, was used until 1851, when the [[Evangelical United Brethren Church|United Brethren]] claimed the building. The Mennonites then, under their bishop Jacob Dohner, moved east to the site of [[Dohner Mennonite Church (Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA)|Dohner's meetinghouse]], the congregation in 1957 bearing that name being the lineal descendant of Kauffman's.
 
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Kauffman's was formerly a Mennonite (Mennonite Church) congregation of the Lancaster Conference about two miles north of Annville in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The community was settled by the Myers, Shirks, Ellenbergers, Lights, and Brightbills. In 1773 Frederick Kauffman was the Lebanon County bishop. The meetinghouse, which was built on the lands of Benjamin Bowman before 1768, was used until 1851, when the United Brethren claimed the building. The Mennonites then, under their bishop Jacob Dohner, moved east to the site of Dohner's meetinghouse, the congregation in 1957 bearing that name being the lineal descendant of Kauffman's.


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Date Published 1957

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Landis, Ira D. "Kauffman's Mennonite Church (Lebanon County, Pennsylvania)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kauffman%27s_Mennonite_Church_(Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania)&oldid=177224.

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Landis, Ira D. (1957). Kauffman's Mennonite Church (Lebanon County, Pennsylvania). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kauffman%27s_Mennonite_Church_(Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania)&oldid=177224.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 158. All rights reserved.


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